971
year
971 (CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 1st millennium, the 71st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 971, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 968 969 970 – 971 – 972 973 974 |
| Gregorian calendar | 971 CMLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1724 |
| Armenian calendar | 420 ԹՎ ՆԻ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5721 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 892–893 |
| Bengali calendar | 378 |
| Berber calendar | 1921 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1515 |
| Burmese calendar | 333 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6479–6480 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3667 or 3607 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3668 or 3608 |
| Coptic calendar | 687–688 |
| Discordian calendar | 2137 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 963–964 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4731–4732 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1027–1028 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 892–893 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4071–4072 |
| Holocene calendar | 10971 |
| Iranian calendar | 349–350 |
| Islamic calendar | 360–361 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenroku 2 (天禄２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 872–873 |
| Julian calendar | 971 CMLXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3304 |
| Minguo calendar | 941 before ROC 民前941年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −497 |
| Seleucid era | 1282/1283 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1513–1514 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1097 or 716 or −56 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1098 or 717 or −55 |
Events
change- Kenneth II of Scotland succeeds Culen as King